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February 20 - April 11, 2025
No one will ever take you from me in any form. That includes by dying on the other side of the tie. Don’t mistake my actions, pet. Aurelius dies the minute the Fates sever the tie. Should they break our bond and kill me, I will gut Aurelius with pleasure, knowing you will accompany me to Tartarus.
I want to crawl inside you and consume my way out, knowing that every part of you is forever a part of me. I crave command over every thought you’ve ever had, to feel every worthless surface that has ever touched your skin. I want your needs and cravings buried so inside my own flesh and bones, they become indistinguishable from my own. That’s what I want, pet.
I had only known her existence for a speck of time, and she made my world shades lighter than I had ever known could exist.
I don’t need anyone to defend me. I don’t need either of you. I am the only villain I truly fight, and I am the only hero I need to save. Fight each other to the death if you like, but don’t look at me to rescue you. My hands are full.”
“Calypso once made a bomb from cabinet knobs and blew up my bathroom. You are a fool if you think she is somehow less dangerous without a weapon,”
“It’s nature’s magic.” She continued forward. “It’s science,” I argued, moving beside her. She stopped again. “Are they not the same thing?”
No matter what happened, I would be hers, and she would be mine. I’d happily spend the rest of my life reassembling her broken pieces. I’d prefer it that way. How else would I tuck in little shards of myself where her pieces were missing?
Knowing he could crush me at any moment but instead chose to cherish me was intoxicating.